Were seeking a Senior or Staff Software Engineer to help take Zendesk Explore to the next level. Youll join a team that works on our Data Engine and datastores. As Explore is a complex reporting application that provides analytics for Zendesk data, youll have the skills, experience, wisdom, patience, and determination to work with the team to meet our customer's needs.

WHAT YOU GET TO DO EVERY DAY

• Work collaboratively with a small, focused and self-organising team to deliver positive outcomes for our many customers.
• Work on a large scope of projects: data engine and datastores (PostgreSQL)
• Ship your code to production continuously and improve the experience of Zendesk customers.
• When debugging a tricky intermittent issue, you wont give up until the feature behaves as expected, the root cause has been identified, and an automated test has been put in place to avoid the issue recurring.
• You put the customer first.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE

• 5+ years of experience writing production code.
• 3+ years of experience in Java or Scala and its ecosystem: Pekko, PekkoHTTP, Circe, Slick.
• Experience with relational database management systems, ideally PostgreSQL.
• Experience with AWS.
• Experience with containerisation.
• Ambition and motivation to understand complex systems, focusing on identifying and decomposing requirements.
• A desire to whiteboard problems with your peers and apply the scientific method to find a pragmatic solution that best fits the specified problem space.
• Excellent communication skills, effectively expressing your point of view while actively listening to others.
• An appetite to work on a large-scale existing code base and with a drive to improve it.

NICE TO HAVE

• Knowledge or experience in the analytics industry.

Dont meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Zendesk, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if youre excited about this role, but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

The Poland annualized base salary range for this position is zł268,000.00-zł402,000.00. Please note that while the salary range represents the minimum and maximum base salary rate for this position, the actual compensation offered will be based on job related capabilities, applicable experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for bonus, benefits, or related incentives that will be communicated during the offer stage.

Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager.

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Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.

Zendesk believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working, enables us to purposefully come together in person, at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world, to connect, collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.

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